Note:GOP was originally an abbreviation of "Grand Old Party."
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While the House currently has the slimmest margin in history, Democrats remain on the defensive, with 37 seats rated as competitive compared to the 29 GOP seats marked as competitive.—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 7 Dec. 2025 As for Mike Minogue, the GOP megadonor hasn’t announced any recent endorsements.—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025 Democrats are trying to offset GOP gains by redrawing maps in California and possibly in Virginia.—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 6 Dec. 2025 But the Republican has instituted a series of changes since returning to office in January, most notably ousting its board of trustees and replacing them with GOP supporters who voted him in as chair of the board.—CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025 Craig, meanwhile, argues that she’s better poised to beat a GOP challenger.—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025 Florida Republicans in the legislature are trying to start a process to redraw the maps in a state that’s been trending toward the GOP.—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 5 Dec. 2025 During a New Hampshire forum of circa-2000 GOP presidential candidates, Alan Keyes, who would later become a face of the Birther movement just eight years later, broke from his peers by praising the Seattle protestors and denouncing the WTO as unconstitutional.—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025 As a result, Democrats blew out their GOP challengers, and in both states, every county shifted towards Democrats.—Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
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